SDN Worlds 4 Commentary Thread I

[PeZook]

You should stop denying that, you know

[K. A. Pital]

I finally made a post, wohoo!

[Steve]

It is the truth. I'm not sure why you think they're related.

And Robert Patrick, Stas?

[K. A. Pital]

The most handsome nanomorph!

[PeZook]

Man, the Commune is even weirder than Collector installations

[Simon_Jester]

Good work, Shroom. Also:

Stephen looked at the image. It was of a young woman, he'd guess anywhere from 15 to 20, with rather bright and blatantly unnatural violet hair. "You want to dye your hair purple, Sophie?"
"No, Papa, I want a gene for it," she stated.
Stephen's mouth hung agape at that. Cosmetic genes were available - if rather pricey - and he'd known people who'd had them before. They weren't as favored as "permanent dyes" since a gene stayed in someone's genetic material forever, meaning descendants could inherit it and wind up with a blatantly artificial hair color, while "permanent dyes" merely altered the hair at a chemical level (though required constant, quarterly re-treatments lest the body's natural genetic material restore the pigment chemicals to their natural state). "Well, Sophie, I mean, what if you decide you don't want purple hair when you're older."

[Contemplates possibility of making a genetic modification to the hair follicles on the scalp, which are somatic cells, without making the same modification to the gametes]
[Makes note to suggest this to some nation better at genetics than we are]

[Fingolfin_Noldor]

[Contemplates possibility of making a genetic modification to the hair follicles on the scalp, which are somatic cells, without making the same modification to the gametes]
[Makes note to suggest this to some nation better at genetics than we are]

Perhaps a Inquisitor diplomat from the Imperium can pay a visit.

[Shroom Man 777]

@ Stas and PeZook:

Comrade Sigma must totally square off against Unit 7!

[Simon_Jester]

[Contemplates possibility of making a genetic modification to the hair follicles on the scalp, which are somatic cells, without making the same modification to the gametes]
[Makes note to suggest this to some nation better at genetics than we are]

Perhaps a Inquisitor diplomat from the Imperium can pay a visit.

Well, it should totally be possible to do that. The problem is finding a technique that's minimally invasive, because you don't want to spend two or three weeks in the hospital while your new scalp grows back just to change the color of your hair. At that point, permanent dye is a much better option.

[Shroom Man 777]

It could be some kind of nano-programmed virus or something that just affects your hair follicles and scalp cells and just programs them to give your hair a different color.

The cheap nanoes just reprogram the scalp. More expensive nanoes affect the entire body hairs, including purple pubes and purple butt hairs. The most expensivest nanoes also affect your reproductive organs to make sure your grotesque progeny also has purple hairs.

The obnoxious version is contagious and everyone who gets infected grows purple hairs!

[Simon_Jester]

Actually, it should be the other way around: the cheap ones affect your whole body including your reproductive organs (since all they have to do is swap out the genes in every cell). The somewhat more expensive ones affect only your scalp (or affect only areas they are applied to).

But you're totally right about the obnoxious version.

[Kartr_Kana]

I figured it out Yamia didn't die in wildspace she trained Kara and now the old lovers are going to face each other in battle while their apprentices are forced to watch from behind forcefields!!

[Akhlut]

No relation at all.

So, that means one or both of them are aliens? Shocking!

[Shroom Man 777]

MIGHTY BRAGULE HAS COME!

[Steve]

Okay, Thirdfain, WesFox, your roll results are in the ruleset thread, give me nation writeups by PM along with desired map placement.

Oh, and...

*Gibbs-smacks Katr_Kana*

[Dave]

No relation at all.

Yet.

When is the wedding?

[Steve]

Some people are asking for "Asteroids Fall Everybody Dies"....

[Shroom Man 777]

Holy shit, counting my GDP I end up with... 66,000 points! Which means I can pour all sorts of crap into my militaries!

[Simon_Jester]

THE HUMBLE PEOPLES OF THE RYGNSKRGNVK SYSTEM RAVAGED BY GREAT VOWEL FAMINE![/size]
RYGNSKRGNVK, Kirensk Sector - The sub-sector system of Rygnskrgnvk faces the worst crisis in decades as an unexpected depletion of vowels occurs ahead of schedule! The Rygnskrgnvk system is known for the unfortunate vowel shortages that occur periodically, however this season the Rygnskrgnvk system has yet to fill its stocks for the vowel reserve and an unexpectedly early vowel depletion has left the system in a very ungood state - the Imperial Ministry of Plentiful Supply and Demand Regulation and Registration reported this week.

Vowels are an important resource to Bragulans throughout the Empire, and systems like Rygnskrgnvk do not have their own vowels and rely on vowel shipments out-of-system to supply their needs. However, this unforeseen shortage presents a great challenge to the Bragulan Star Empire as the present Fifty Year Plan has only allocated limited spare vowels for Rygnskrgnvk, as the vowels have already been evenly redistributed to Bragulan systems throughout the Star Empire. Thus, the Imperial Ministry of Plentiful Supply and Demand Regulation and Registration has gained permission from the Imperator himself to work with the People's Department of Limited Foreign Interaction and Human Affairs to seek supplementary vowel shipments from the nearby Altacar Empire...

The Altacarans, in turn, probably bought them from Umeria, a nation which is over 66% vowels by weight.

The Umrians are happy to be of assistance to the hard-stricken Bragulans of the Rygnskrgnvk system. Where would you like the surplus "E?"

[Pollux]

Looks like the Pfhor and Bragulans have some common ground...

[Darkevilme]

Looks like the Pfhor and Bragulans have some common ground...

*plots the invasion, lack of vowels will make the bugmen weak like kittens* uh wait did i think that aloud?

[Master_Baerne]

The Ascendancy has perfected a technology designed to harvest the untapped potential of the letter 'y' by turning its consonant form into the more vaulable vowel form. Perhaps Bragulan companies would like to license the design?

[Dark Hellion]

Binary Superior! Alphabets inferior! [/Soundwave]

[Lonestar]

*sends off missive to all you land-grabbing sumbitches*

[Shroom Man 777]

The Ascendancy has perfected a technology designed to harvest the untapped potential of the letter 'y' by turning its consonant form into the more vaulable vowel form. Perhaps Bragulan companies would like to license the design?

Yes.

We need some kind of bizarre plot where the Bragulans try to acquire these vowel technologies, and the Sovereignty tries to sabotage these attempts. All over... vowels!